minster
See also: Minster
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English menstre (see mynisterie), from Old English mynster, from Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “monastery; solitary dwelling”). Doublet of monastery.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnstə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnstɚ/
- Hyphenation: min‧ster
Noun edit
minster (plural minsters)
- A monastic church.
- 2014 July 20, Jane Gardam, “Give us a bishop in high heels [print version: “Give us a high-heeled bishop”, International New York Times, 22 July 2014, page 11]”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 21 July 2014:
- [F]urther south in Kent, there was St. Mildred, whose mother, in 670, founded the minster that still stands there in good nick, with nine nuns who are an ever-present help in trouble to all religions and none.
- A cathedral church without any monastic connection.
Usage notes edit
Not to be confused with minister.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
monastic church
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cathedral church without any monastic connection
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